| cadet |
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noun
- A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
- Junior, the younger or youngest son.
| | | cadre |
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noun
- frame or framework
- (context, military) The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.
- Core of a managing group
| | cage |
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noun (plural: cages)
- an enclosure made of bars
- the passenger compartment of a lift
verb (cag, ing)
- to put into a cage
- (advertising, politics) To track individual responses to direct mail.
| | caisson |
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noun (wikipedia, caisson (engineering))
- an enclosure, from which water can be expelled, in order to give access to underwater areas for engineering works etc
- the gate across the entrance to a dry dock
- (nautical) a floating tank that can be submerged, attached to an underwater object and then pumped out to lift the object by buoyancy; a camel
- a two-wheeled, horse-drawn military vehicle used to carry ammunition (and a coffin at funerals); a large box to hold ammunition
- in architecture, a variant of coffer
| | caliber |
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noun
- (alternative spelling of, calibre)
| | calibrate |
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verb (calibrat, ing)
- To check or adjust by comparison with a standard.
- To mark the scale of a measuring instrument.
- To measure the caliber of a tube or gun.
| | caltrop |
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noun
- a small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to passers-by.
| | camisado |
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noun - (archaic) A nocturnal ambush or surprising act of aggression.
| | camouflage |
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noun
- a disguise or cover up, covering up.
- the act of disguise, disguising.
- (military) The use of natural or artificial material on personnel, objects, or tactical positions with the aim of confusing, misleading, or evading the enemy.<ref>(JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).</ref>
- (fashion) a pattern on clothing consisting of unregularly shaped patches that are either greenish/brownish, brownish/whitish, or bluish/whitish, as used in the army.
verb to camouflage (camouflages, camouflaged, camouflaging)
- to hide or disguise something by cover up, covering it up or changing the way it looks.
| | camouflet |
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noun
- (military) The resulting cavity in a deep underground burst when there is no rupture of the surface.
| | canister |
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noun
- A cylindrical or rectangular container usually of lightweight metal, plastic, or laminated pasteboard used for holding a dry product (as tea, crackers, flour, matches)
- any of various cylindrical metal receptacles usually with a removable close-fitting top
- A special short range antipersonnel projectile consisting of a casing of light metal, loaded with preformed submissiles such as flechettes or steel balls. The casing is designed to open just beyond the muzzle of the weapon, dispersing the submissiles.
- Component of canister type protective mask containing a mechanical filter and chemical filling to filter, neutralize and/or absorb toxic chemical, biological and radiological agents.
- Projectile component containing colored or screening smoke or riot control agent composition.
| | cannon |
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noun (pl=cannon, pl2=cannons)
- A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar. It may include muzzle appendages.<ref name="JP102">(JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).</ref>
- historical: A large muzzle-loading artillery piece.
- modern: A large-bore machine gun.
- A bone of a horse's leg, between the fetlock joint and the knee or hock.
- (context, sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball.
- (baseball) The arm of a player that can throw well.
- He's got a out in right.
verb
- To bombard with cannons
- (context, sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To play the carom billiard shot. To strike two balls with the cue ball
- The white cannoned off the red onto the pink.
| | cannonade |
|
noun
- Firing artillery in a large amount for a length of time .
verb (cannonades, cannonading, cannonaded)
- To discharge artillery fire.
| | cannonball |
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noun
- a ball which is for firing out of a cannon
- a way of running at a swimming pool and jumping in creating a large splash, mimicking the flight and shape of a cannonball
- "I would call it a water-entry stunt, not a dive" — Coach O'Brien quoted in The New Yorker, 30 August 2004, p.40
| | cannoneer |
|
noun
- (context, military) A person who tends and operates a piece of artillery, especially a cannon.
- Luckily, the was only mildly injured when his cannon malfunctioned.
| | cannon fodder |
|
noun
- military forces considered to be expendable
- (rare) artillery ammunition
| | canteen |
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noun
- a small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment or place of work
- a temporary or mobile cafe used in an emergency or on a film location etc
- a box with compartments for storing eating utensils, silverware etc
- a military mess kit
- a can for carrying water
| | cantonment |
|
noun
- temporary military living quarters, especially in India
| | capital ship |
|
noun - (nautical) the most important type of warship in a nation's fleet
| | captain |
|
noun
- An army officer with a rank between the most senior grade of lieutenant and major.
- A naval officer with a rank between commander and commodore.
- (nautical) The person lawfully in command of a sea-going vessel.
- The captain is the last man to leave a sinking ship.
- The person lawfully in command of an airliner.
- This is your captain speaking. Please fasten your safety belts.
- One of the athletes on a sports team who designated to make decisions, and is allowed to speak for his team with a referee or official.
- The leader of a group of workers.
- John Henry said to the captain,"A man ain't nothing but a man."
- Synonyms: supervisor, straw boss, foreman
- (American South) An honorific title given to a prominent person. See colonel.
verb
- (intransitive) To act as captain
- (transitive) To exercise command of a ship, aircraft or sports team.
| | car bomb |
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noun
- An automobile laden with a very large amount of explosives, and detonated by a variety of means such as a timer, remote control, or a suicide bomber.
- An explosive attached to the fuel tank of an automobile, typically triggered by the ignition.
- (slang)Flatulence in an enclosed automobile (i.e. when inclement weather precludes open windows.)
| | cartridge |
|
noun
- (context, firearms) The package consisting of the bullet, primer, and casing containing gunpowder; a round of ammunition.
- (A general sense that arose by extension from the sense of firearm cartridge) A prefabricated subassembly that can be easily installed in or removed from a larger mechanism or replaced with another interchangeable subassembly.
- (computing) A vessel which contains the ink or toner for a computer printer and can be easily replaced with another.
- (computing) Magnetic tape storage, used for storing (backup) copies of data.
- (obsolete) A small paper package, e.g. in an old book about making printer's type: After all the type has been cast: "The Boy will paper up each sort in a by itself".
| | cascabel |
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noun
- A variety of small, round, hot chili pepper (Capsicum annuum). Named so because the seeds make a rattling noise when the pepper is dried.
- A knob at the end of a cannon, cast onto the gunbarrel, to which ropes are attached.
- A bell attached to a sleigh or sleigh harness.
| | cashier |
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noun
- One who works at a till or receiving payments.
- Person in charge of the cash of a business or bank.
verb
- To dismiss from service, for example the military service, especially dismissed with disgrace.
- 1968, http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Revilo_P._Oliver Revilo P. Oliver, "What We Owe Our Parasites", speech (June 1968) - They found an Army officer who had been a military failure until Bernard Baruch promoted him to General, and who in 1945 should have been able to hope for nothing better than that he could escape a court martial and thus avoid being cashiered, if he could prove that all the atrocities and all the sabotage of American interests of which he had been guilty in Europe had been carried out over his protest and under categorical orders from the President.
| | | catapult |
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noun
- A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects, such as a mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
verb to catapult
- (transitive) To fire a missile from a catapult
- (transitive) To increase the status of something rapidly
- (intransitive) To be fired from a catapult
- (intransitive) To have one's status increased rapidly
| | cavalryman |
|
noun (: cavalrymen)
- a soldier in the cavalry
| | CB |
|
initialism (wikipedia, citizens' band radio)
- citizens' band
- Chemical and Biological
| | cease-fire |
|
noun
- alternative spelling of ceasefire
| | centurion |
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noun
- An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
| | CEO |
|
initialism
- chief executive officer
| | CG |
|
initialism - Computer Graphics
- Cover Girl
- (baseball) the statistic reporting the number of "Complete Games" thrown by a pitcher
| | chaff |
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noun
- The inedible parts of a plant whose seeds are eaten as grain.
- To separate out the , early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff.
- By extension, any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
- There are plenty of good websites on the subject, but take care to separate the wheat from the .
- Loose material dropped from aircraft specifically to interfere with radar detection.
| | challenge |
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noun
- An instigation or antagonization intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
- A difficult task.
- A judge's interest in the result of the case for which he or she should not be allowed to sit the case.
- Consanguinity in direct line is a for a judge when he or she is sitting cases.
verb (challeng, ing)
- To invite someone to take part in a competition.
- To dare someone.
- To dispute something.
- To make a formal objection to a juror.
| | chamade |
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noun
- (Military History) A signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley.
- 1762: But when the was beat, and the corporal helped my uncle up it, and followed with the colours in his hand, to fix them upon the ramparts " Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, vol. 6 (Penguin 2003, p.402)
| | chamber |
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noun
- A room, especially one used primarily for sleeping; bedroom, sleeping room.
- 1845, w:Edgar Allen Poe, Edgar Allen Poe, s:The Raven, The Raven,
- : Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my door.
- An enclosed space. For example, a test chamber is typically a closable case where devices under test are placed.
- In a firearm, this is the portion of the weapon that holds the ammunition round immediately prior to (and during initiation of) its discharge.
- Dianne loaded a cartridge into the of the rifle, then prepared to take aim at the target.
- One of the legislative bodies in a government where multiple such bodies exist, or a single such body in comparison to others.
- The resolution, which speedily passed the Senate, was unable to gain a majority in the lower .
verb
- To enclose in a room.
- She had chambered herself in her room, and wouldn't come out.
- To place in a chamber, as a round of ammunition.
- The hunter fired at the geese and missed, then shrugged his shoulders and chambered another cartridge.
- To create or modify a gun to be a specific caliber.
- The rifle was originally chambered for 9MM, but had since been modified for a larger, wildcat caliber.
| | charge |
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noun
- Someone or something entrusted to one's care, i.e. a child to a babysitter.
- A load or burden.
- 2005, w:Plato, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination, 261a.
- : we'll nail the sophist to it, if we can get him on that ;
- The amount of money levy, levied for a service.
- An instruction.
- An impetuous attack.
- An electric charge.
- (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
- A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
- (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon
verb (charg, ing)
- To place a burden upon.
- To assign a duty to.
- I'm charging you with cleaning up the kitchen.
- To formally accuse of a crime.
- I'm charging you with grand theft auto.
- To assign a debit to an account.
- Let's charge this to marketing.
- To pay using a credit card.
- Can I charge this with my corporate card?
- To cause to take on an electric charge.
- Rubbing amber with wool will charge it quickly.
- To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat, on horseback or both.
- (military) To attack by moving forward quickly in a group.
- (basketball) To commit a charging foul.
- (cricket) (of a batsman) To take a few steps doen the pitch towards the bowler as he delivers the ball, either to disrupt the length of the delivery, or to get into a better position to hit the ball.
- To ready a firearm for use
- Charge your weapons, we're moving up
| | Charlie |
|
proper noun
- (given name, male, , ) A diminutive of the masculine given name Charles.
- (given name, female, , ) A diminutive female given name of Charlotte or Charlene.
- (uncountable) The letter C in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
- (uncountable) (slang) Cocaine.
- (British and Australian slang, often qualified with right and/or proper) A fool.
- You look a right in that clown outfit!
- Is your name Charlie? ... Well, you look like one.
| | chaser |
|
noun
- A person or thing (ship, plane, car, etc.) who chases.
- A mild drink consumed immediately after another drink of hard liquor.
- (context, logging, obsolete) Someone that follows logs out of the forest in order to signal a yarder engineer to stop them if they become fouled - also called a frogger.
- 1900: Pamphlets on Logging Equipment author unknown - Page 22
- :"...on one end knwon as a Bardon choker hook, to facilitate making a loop, It stays tight and makes it unnecessary for the "" or "choker setter" to follow the "turn" tothe landing as might have to be done if tongs are used"
- 1913: Logging: The Principles and General Methods of Operation in the United States by Ralph Clement Bryant - Page 219
- :"A follows the logs to the landing, often riding in a rigging sled hollowed out of a log, which is attached to the rear log. The can signal to the road engineer at any point..."
- 1918: United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation: Hearing Before the Committee on ... by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
- :"and the is the fellow whose job it is to follow along after these logs to..."
- (context, logging) one who unhooks chokers from the logs at the landing.
- 1956: Holy Old Mackinaw: A Natural History of the American Lumber- Jack by Stewart Hall Holbrook - Page 184
- :"The rigging slinger hooks the chokers to the main line' the chaser unhooks them at the spar tree."
- 1975: Nobody Here But Us: Pioneers of the North by Fred Moira Farrow - Page 170
- :A chaser was the man who unhooked the logs that were yarded in to the spar tree.
- 1985: Logging and Pulpwood Production by John Kenneth Pearce, George Stenzel - Pages 242-243
- :"When the turn arrives at the landing, the directs the engineer where to drop the turn by hand signals. The then unhooks the chokers, gets in the clear, and singlas to reel in the haulback line".
- A horse trained for steeple-chasing, a steeple-chaser.
- 2002: Betting for a Living by Nick Mordin - Page 351
- :"It looked like The Fellow was the best steeplechaser in many years. He'd earned the best speed rating I'd ever given a ."
- 2003: American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002 by Avalyn Hunter - Page 458
- :"Wild Risk...had his greatest successes as a steeplechaser rather than a flat racer... It is rare indeed that a ' - even one as good as wild risk - makes a good flat sire."
- 2004: Sports Ticket: Live the Action! by Sportsfile - Page 179
- :"Oh, that final furlong! It can be both agony and ecstasy. Anyone who doubts that should have seen the television close-up of Jim Lewis as his great Best Mate came up the final hill at Cheltenham in 2004 to clich a hat-trick of Gold Cups. ... Best mate is the best steeplechaser we ahve seen for years and all being well will be at the Cheltenham Festival again in 2005 to try and make it four Gold Cups."
- A tool used for cutting the threads of screws.
- 1894: Machinery (author(s) unknown) (Page 141)
- :"In Fig. i is shown one of the chasers in the position which it occupies in cutting a thread."
- 1918: Thread-cutting Methods: A Treatise on the Operation and Use of Various Tools and Machines for forming screw threads... by Franklin Day Jones (Page 32)
- :"Many screw threads are also finished completely with chasers of this type, although they are not adapted for extremely acurate work unless the teeth are ground after hardening, because the pitch of the teeth is affected more or less by..."
- 1994: Handbook of Dimensional Measurement by Francis T. Farago, Mark A. Curtis (p.467)
- :"The category of thread cutting tools inlcudes both the single-point and multiple-point type lathe cutters."
- Someone who decorates metal by engraving or embossing.
- 1863: The Employments of Women: A Cyclopaedia of Woman's Work By Virginia Penny
- :"Mr B., heraldic , says there are several processes in making heraldy plates, sketching, engraving, embossing, chasing and burnishing." (page 100)
- :"H. & C., manufacturers of cloth and gilt buttons, say it requires some weeks to learn to chase the gilt buttons, which are done with small metal tools and a hammer. Chasers are paid by the peice, working ten hours a day, and some can earn $1 a day."
- 1971: Living Crafts by George Bernard Hughes - page 36
- :"Flat chasing in sunken or low relief is a technique by which the ornament is formed by beating down the ground from the front. This is done in essentially the same manner as repoussé work, where the ornament appears in high relief, but the design is punched from the face of the silver plate. ... Sometimes, instead of applying a freehand design, the covers the greased suface with a paper pattern in which the design is pricked with pins."
- 1972: Silver by Richard Came - Page 7
- :"Chasing in general can be distinguised from engraving, in that the design can be seen on the reverse or inside of the pieces. Having outlined the pattern on the surface, the cuts and at the same time slightly depresses the surface. A light hammer can be used in this process also."
| | chasseur |
|
noun
- Any of several light infantry regiments in France
- A style of cooking in which meat is cooked with a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots and white wine
| | chief |
|
noun
- A leader or respected elder in a tribe.
- They came to the to resolve their dispute.
- The head of an organization.
- All firefighters report to the fire .
- (heraldry) A horizontal band across the top of a shield.
- 1889, Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry:
- : When the Chief is Charged with any figure, in blazon it is said to be "On a Chief".
adjective
- primary, Primary; principal.
- Negligence was the cause of the disaster.
| | chieftain |
|
noun
- A leader of a clan or tribe.
- A leader of a group, e.g. a robbers' chieftain.
- (capitalized) The name of a British military tank.
| | Chinook |
|
proper noun
- (uncountable) A Native American language of the Penutian family of Oregon and Washington.
| | citadel |
|
noun
- A strong fortress that sits high above a city.
- A stronghold or fortified place.
| | citation |
|
noun
- An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
- The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation.
- Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.
- A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.
| | cite |
|
verb to cite
- To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
- To list the source(s) from which you used information, words or literary or verbal context from.
| | clasp |
|
noun
- A fastener or holder, particularly one that clasps.
- I always have a hard time working the on this necklace.
verb
- To take hold of; to grasp; to grab tightly.
- They clasped hands and parted as friends.
| | cluster |
|
noun
- A group or bunch of something, containing only a few members, which are close to each other.
- A of flowers grew in the pot.
- (astronomy) A group of galaxy, galaxies or stars that appear near each other.
- The Pleiades contains seven bright stars.
- (music) A chord of three or more notes.
- (phonetics) A group of consonants.
- The word "scrub" begins with a of three consonants.
- (computing) A group of computers that work together.
- (statistics) A significant subset within a population.
- (military) Set of bombs or mines.
- (context, army) A small metal design that indicates that a medal has been awarded to the same person before.
verb
- (intransitive) To form into a cluster.
- The children clustered together around the puppy.
| | cluster bomb |
|
noun
- explosive, Explosive munition designed to explode in the air and release a cluster of smaller explosives, thus spreading the blast over a larger area.
| | | | cohort |
|
noun
- a group of people
- a demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group
- any division of a Roman legion; normally of about 500 men
| | colonel |
|
noun - a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps. In U.S. military, it ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general
| | column |
|
noun
- An upright supporting beam.
- A vertical line of entries in a table, going from top to bottom; as opposed to a horizontal row (going from left to right).
- A column of troops.
- A newspaper column.
- Anything having similar form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column, etc.
| | | combat |
|
noun
- A battle, a fight (often one in which weapons are used); a struggle for victory.
verb (combats, combatting or combating, combatted or combated)
- (transitive) To fight; to struggle for victory
| | combatant |
|
noun
- An armed fighter.
- Gladiators were combatants who fought to the death to entertain the public.
| | commandant |
|
noun
- A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.
| | | commander |
|
noun (plural: commanders)
- One who exercises control and direction of a military or naval organization.
- A naval officer whose rank is above that of a lieutenant commander and below that of captain.
- One who exercises control and direction over a group of persons.
| | commander in chief |
|
noun
- Supreme commander of the armed forces of an entire country.
| | commandery |
|
noun (commanderies)
- (obsolete, US) (alternative spelling of, commandry)
| | commando |
|
noun
- A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas
- A commando trooper
- (formerly) An organized force of Boer troops in South Africa; a raid by such troops
| | commission |
|
noun
- A sending or mission (to do or accomplish something).
- It was James Bond's to defeat the bad guys.
- An official charge or authority to do something, often used of military officers.
- David received his after graduating from West Point.
- A body or group of people, officially tasked with carrying out a particular function. Eg: The European Commission, The Electoral Commission, The Federal Communications Commission.
- The company's sexual harassment made sure that every employee completed the on-line course.
- A fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction. Eg: Reseller commission, Finder's fee.
- The real-estate broker charged a four percent for their knowledge on bidding for commercial properties; for their intellectual perspective on making a formal offer and the strategy to obtain a mutually satisfying deal with the seller in favour of the buyer .
verb
- (transitive) To send or officially charge someone or some group to do something.
- James Bond was commissioned with recovering the secret documents.
- (transitive) To place an order for (often piece of art); as, commission a portrait.
- He commissioned a replica of the Mona Lisa for his living room, but the painter gave up after six months.
- (transitive) To put into active service; as, commission a ship.
- The aircraft carrier was commissioned in 1944, during WWII.
| | commissioned officer |
|
noun - (military) An officer who derives authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position.
| | Commodore |
|
proper noun
- (Brand name) an early personal computer produced by the Commodore Business Machines Corporation.
- A range of cars produced by Holden in Australia from 1978 to present.
| | confinement |
|
noun
- the act of confining or the state of being confined
- lying-in
| | conning tower |
|
noun - (nautical) The armoured control tower of an early iron warship from which the ship was navigated in battle
- (nautical) A connecting structure between the bridge and pressure hull of a submarine; in larger, modern submarines it contains the captain's cabin and is known as the sail
| | conscription |
|
noun
- involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority
| | consolidate |
|
verb (consolidat, ing)
- To combine into a single unit; to group together or join.
- He consolidated his luggage into a single large bag.
- To make stronger or more solid.
| | convoy |
|
noun
- (nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels
- A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort
verb
- (transitive) To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.
| | Cook |
|
proper noun
- an English occupational name (surname) for a cook, or a seller of cooked food
| | copperhead |
|
noun
- One of two species of snakes, with a copper-colored head.
- (pejorative) Someone with ginger hair.
| | cordon |
|
noun
- (archaic) A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc.
- A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it.
- (Cricket) The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman - the slips and gully.
- (botany) A woody plant, such as a fruit tree, pruned and trained to grow as a single stem on a support.
verb (cordon, ed)
- (context, with "off") To form a around an area in order to prevent movement in or out.
| | cornet |
|
noun
- A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.
- Something shaped like a cone, notably
- a piece of paper twisted to be used in a container
- a pastry shell to be filled with ice-cream, hence (UK) an ice cream cone.
- the headgear of certain religious sisters
| | corp. |
|
abbreviation
- corporation
| | corporal |
|
noun
- A non-commissioned officer rank in the military (OR-4) force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
- A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
adjective
- (archaic) Having a physical, tangible body; corporeal.
- Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body.
| | corpsman |
|
noun
- An enlisted person in the U.S. Navy who works in a hospital.
- An enlisted person in the U.S. Army who works as a field medic.
| | corsair |
|
noun
- A French privateer, especially from the port of St-Malo
- A privateer or pirate in general
- 1840 "If I had been born a corsair or a pirate, a brigand, genteel highwayman or patriot -- and they're the same thing," thought Mr. Tappertit, musing among the nine-pins, "I should have been all right. But to drag out a ignoble existence unbeknown to mankind in general -- patience! I will be famous yet. " Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=/texts/english/modeng/publicsearch/modengpub.o2w&act=surround&offset=254475515&tag=Dickens,+Charles,+1812-1870:+Barnaby+Rudge,+1840&query=corsair&id=DicBarn Chapter 34.
- The ship of privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality
- Turkish Corsair: A barbary pirate, or barbary pirate ship (from Algeria, which was nominally in the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire).
- A nocturnal w:assassin bug, assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA.
- w:F4U Corsair, F4U? Corsair: A World War II fighter aircraft.
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noun
- (nautical) a flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war.
- A sports car, manufactured by Chevrolet from 1953 to present, an American icon.
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noun
- An attack made in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it.
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noun
- a second signature added to a document to affirm the validity of the signature of the first person
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noun (counterspies)
- A spy working in counterintelligence.
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noun (courts-martial)
- (military) A military court of law.
- (military) A trial before such a tribunal.
verb
- To undergo trial in a military court.
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noun
- A bed or cot for a baby, oscillate, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
- (context, figurative) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
- a of crime
- the of liberty
- (context, figurative) Infancy, or very early life.
- from the to the grave
- An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
- A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
- A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
- A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
- A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.
- A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
- A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
- The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
- The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
- A rest for the receiver of a telephone.
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verb (cradl, ing)
- (transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.
- (transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).
- (transitive) To wrap protectively.
- cradling the injured man"s head in her arms
- (lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
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noun
- The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)
- A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
- A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something
- (context, publishing) In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
- (context, materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
- (geology) The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
- (context, informal, pejorative) An annoying irritating person
- (context, informal, pejorative) A frightening and/or disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills or who induces psychosomatic facial itching.
- Stop following me, you !
verb (creeps, creeping, crept or creeped, crept, creeped, or archaic cropen)
- (transitive) To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- Lizards and snakes crept over the ground.
- (transitive) Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- (transitive) To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- He tried to past the guard without being seen.
- (transitive) To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular direction.
- Prices have been creeping up all year.
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- A fastener or a fastening method that secures parts by bending metal around a joint and squeezing it together, often with a tool that adds indentations to capture the parts.
- The strap was held together by a simple metal .
- (obsolete): A coal broker. Provincial England
- (obsolete): One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
- (obsolete): A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
- (usually in plural): A hairstyle which has been crimped, or shaped so it bends back and forth in many short kinks.
- (obsolete): A game at cards.
verb
- To fasten by bending metal so that it squeezes around the parts to be fastened.
- He crimped the wire in place.
- To style hair into a crimp.
adjective
- (obsolete): Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
- (obsolete): Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.
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noun (wikipedia, cruising)
- A sea voyage, especially one taken for pleasure.
verb (cruis, ing)
- (intransitive) To sail about, especially for pleasure.
- (intransitive) To travel at constant speed for maximum operating efficiency.
- (transitive) To move about an area leisurely in the hope of discovering something, or looking for custom.
- (context, slang) To seek a sexual partner, especially a prostitute.
- (intransitive, child development) To walk while holding on to an object (stage in development of ambulation, typically occuring at 10 months
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noun
- (nautical) (in the days of sail) A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise independently in search of the enemy or its merchant ships.
- (nautical) A class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship
- (nautical) A miniature aircraft carrier carrying VTOL aircraft
- (nautical) A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience; also cruise ship.
- (nautical) Any of several yachts designed for cruising
- A police patrol vehicle.
- One who attends cruises
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adjective - Hard or crusty; dry baked; as, a crump loaf.
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noun (plural: cul-de-sacs or culs-de-sac)
- A blind alley or dead end street.
- : A circular area at the end of a dead end street to allow cars to turn around, designed so children can play on street, with little or no through-traffic.
- An impasse.
- quotations:
- "Physics seems, in fact, to have got itself into a , obsessing over theories so mathematically abstruse that nobody even knows how to test them." — National Review, February 14, 2005
- (medicine) A sacklike cavity or tube open at one end only.
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noun - Wiktionary:Pronunciation, Pronunciation (IPAchar, /'kÊ�lvÉ�rɪn/)
- a kind of handgun
- a large cannon
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noun (plural cutlasses)
- (nautical) a short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship
- a similarly shapped tool; a machete
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noun
- (geometry) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.
- When the two-dimensional curve is a circle, the cylinder is called a circular cylinder. When the axis is perpendicular to the plane of the curve, the cylinder is called a right cylinder. In non-mathematical usage, both 'right and circular are usually implied.
- (geometry) A solid figure bounded by a cylinder and two parallel planes intersecting the cylinder.
- Any object in the form of a circular cylinder.
- 1898 " w:H. G. Wells, H. G. Wells, http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds The War of the Worlds Ch.4
- :A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the .
- A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.
- A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas.
- An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.
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